Tuesday Reading: Isaiah 62:10-12
Key Verse: Isaiah 62:11
11 Behold, The Lord has sent a message to the end of the earth, Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes. Behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him.
Devotion:
Going back a few more hundred years before Zechariah wrote the words from yesterday’s devotion, todays were written by Isaiah giving news of the coming of our Saviour. Not just news that we would receive a Saviour, but news that we need to be able to remind people of what has already been and what is still to come. Isaiah’s words are not aimed at the Jews to keep open the gates of Jerusalem or any other city, but the gates of the church; we need to keep our church gates open to show people that we still want them to come to know our Lord. We still want people to get to know Him and the way to do that is to allow them to hear God’s Word.
If we want people to know that we do have a Saviour and that He wants them to know the truth, then we have to show them that we are willing and able to invite them to hear about that truth from us. We need to show everyone that we will give them the time to talk about God and to get to know why we do what we do as Christians. Christ came into this world and went all over the place telling people of the truth. He gave wisdom to the disciples so that they could then go out into other places and tell them of the truth too. He gave Paul a great commission to go out to the gentiles and tell them of the truth as well; making sure that everyone would get a chance to hear about God and not just the Jews.
Each person that does get to know the truth about God will find a reward that no other words could ever give them. They will find peace and understanding when all around are struggling to come to grips with what is happening. When we came back to Christ (because He found us first) we began to realise just how much He had done for us. The more that we do find out, the more we learn to love Him more. The more we know of, the more we can tell others of His love, compassion and redemption.
Points to Ponder:
Are you willing and able?
Do others know you are willing and able to tell them about Christ?
